Necktie supporter



c'. R. WHEELER.

NECKTIE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4. 1921.

1 A27, Ill 39, I Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

CHARLES R. WHEELER; 0]? GREENE, NEW YORK.

NEGKTIE SUPPOETER.

i-Amiga Specification of letters latent.

Application filed March 14 To (all 207mmnm'g camera:

Be it known. that I. Cininnns R. \Vrrnntnn. a citizen of the Jnit-edStates, residing at Greene; New Yorln have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Necktie Supporters, of which the following aclear, full, and exactdescri tition.

This invention. relates to supports or holders upon which neckties maybe tied and. which, in turn, serve to support the necktie in properrelation to the collar with which it is worn.

A general object of the invention'is to provide a necktieholder whichwillv effectively support a necktie in proper relation to the collarwith which it is worn, particularly a. necktie of the 'four-in-handtype. which can conveniently be placed in proper supporting position inthe collar and as conveniently re moved. which causes the tie to presenta sightly appearance and. in. fact, to give the impression. of a tie ofits type tied in the usual manner about the collar. and which moreoverpermits the ready adjustment of the tie to insure the'maximum wearthereof.

A particular object of the invention is to provide anecktie holder uponwhich. a fourin-hand tie may convenientlybe so tied that a portion ofthe band is supported at either side'of the tied portion. of the tie,whereby these lateral ban'd extensions of the tie may be insertedbeneath the wings of a turndown collar in such manner as to give theimpression of a tie worn in' the usual manner.

Other objects and important features of the invention will appear fromthe foliowing description and claims when considered.

in connection with the accompanying drawing. in which Fig. 1 is a frontview showing a tie holder embodyi 11g the present invention with a tiesupported thereonin the preferred manner. the l'iolder and tie beingshown in position in the collar with which the tie is to be worn; I

Fig. 2' is afront elevation of atie holder embodying the presentinvention;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the holder shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: shows the first"step of placing atie in position upon a holdersuch as shown in Fig. 2;

Figs. 5. 6 and 7 show. respectively. the succeeding steps in the tyingoperation; and

Fig. 8 shows a modified way of supporting; a tie upon a holder of thetype herein shown.

Patented Aug. 29; 192:3.

@1921. Serial no. asaosa' Y herein shown and that a structure haying theessential features of the invention can be made in other ways than thatherein shown and described. v

In the illustrated constr'urtion. the necktie holder is shown ascomprising a horizontally elongated frame died out of sheet metal andstamped into the transverse contoui. shown. in Fig. 3, the body of theframe beingcur'ved substantially to the neck curvature of the collarband of the collar with which the necktie holder to be worn. This framec'omprisesan upper bar 2, upon which the upper loop of a fonr-in-handtie to he carried. and a lower bar diconne'ctcd with the upper liar atits ends so. as to forn'i a horizontally elongated. loop 6 of the frame.this lower bar 4; carrying a depending fork-like extension 8 adapted. toreceive 'vithin its crotch 10 the shank of the collar button with thecurved prongs 12 of the fork 'resti.n,Q' lie hind the head of the collarbutton. It will be noted. that the upper pr rt ofthe crotclild issomewhat wider than the passageway be tween the prongs '12 of the usewhereby these prongs 12 resist boththepla -ins of the structure uponvthe shank of thecollar hutton and its removal therefrom.

At its ends the horizontally elongated frame is somewhat enlarged toprovide a supporting: edge about which the. ba d of the tie may be tied.these ends preferably being provided with upstanding arms 14". soarranged as to provide slots 16 between'th'e arms and the body of theframe structure into which slots the band of the tie maybe inserted. Inorder to support the tiedJportion of the tie in front of the lower bar iand in front of its depending button engaging extension 8 and also tosupport the tied portion of the tie in front of the lat orally extendingband a part of the bar 2 upon which the upper loop of the four-inhandtie is carried is preferably forwardly offset with respect to the bodyof the frame structure as shown at 18. This bar is" also 6 th permit theconvenient tying of the tie upon the holder.

From the foregoing description, the use of the necktie holder willreadily be understood. As shown in F ig. i, when the necktie is to betied a part of the band portion of the tie is inserted in the slots 16with the band in front ofboth .the up er bar "2 and the lower bar t asthe holder i'sto be worn. The two ends of the tie are then broughtforward about the arms 1 1, as shown. in Fig. 5, and the tying iseffected in the usual manner of tying a four-in-hand tie except thatwhen the upper loop is to be formed the end of the wider portion of thetie is brought up through the opening 6, in front of the lower bar andof its button engagingextension 8 and behind the upper bar 2.

and its forwardly offset portion 18, and then down through the loopformed by wrapping one end of thetie about the other in the usualmanner, the upper loop thus embracing Fig. 8 shows a modified way ofusing the holder shown in Fig. 2. In this case, the band is not extendedbetween the slots 16 and in front of the bars 2 and 4, but the tie issimply looped over the bar 2 and particularly over its forward extension18, the laterally extending portions of the holder being left uncovered.I

What I claim as new is:

1. A necktie holder comprising a horizon tally elongated frameincludinglongitudinal. bars, said frame having at its ends upwardly andoutwardly inclined slots open at their. upper ends to receive the bandof a tie, means carried byone of the longitudinal bars of saidframe forsupporting said frame upon acollar button, the other. bar of said, framebeingofl'set somewhat to the front of said aforementioned bar when theframe is supported upon the collar button,'whereby the upper loop-of afour-in-hand tie may be carried bysaid forwardly offset bar in front ofsaid first mentioned bar- 2. A necktie holder comprising ahorizontallyelongated frame including longitu: dlnalbars, said framehaving at its ends up.

wardly and outwardly inclined arms between which and the body of saidframe the band.

of a necktie may be located and about which it may be wrapped in thetying operation,

and means carried byone of the longitudinal bars of said frame forsupporting said 7 dinal bars, said frame having at its ends i'ipwardlyand outwardly inclined arms be tween which and correspondingly inclinedparts of the body; of said frame, the band of a necktie maybe locatedand about which it may be wrapped in the tying opertudinal bars of saidframe for supporting said frame upon, a collar button, the other bar ofsaid frame being forwardlycoffset from said first mentioned bar whensaid frame is supported'upon a collar button.

4L, The combination with a ffour-in-hand necktie, of a support thereforcomprising a horizontally elongated frame including longitudinal bars,saidframe having at its ends lation, and means carried by one of thelongiupwardly and outwardly inclined arms between which and the body oftheframe the band of the necktie is-located, and means carried by one ofthe longitudinal bars of said frame for'supporting said frame upon acollar button, the upper loop of said four-inhand tie beingcarried uponthe other bar of said frame and in front of. said first. mentioned barand embracing both the band of the tie and the bar upon which said loopis carried and the band of said tie being looped v U about said arms. HI y i The combination with a four-in-hand necktie, of. a supporttherefor comprising a horizontally elongated frame includinglongitudinal bars, said frame havingatits ends upwardly and outwardlyinclined arms ,be-. "ween which and correspondingly inclined parts ofthe body of. the frame the band. of

the necktie is located, means carriedby, one

of the longitudinal bars of said frame for supporting saidframe upon acollar button, the upper loop of said four-in-hand tie being carriedupon the other barof said frame and in front of said first mentioned barand embracing both theband of-the tie and. the

bar upon which saidloop is carried and the band of said tie being loopedabout said arms,

said loop supportingbar being offset vfor-.

wardly from the rest of said holder and the other parts of said holderbeing shapedto fit the front of the collar said holder is used.

Signed at Greene, N. Y., this 11th day of March, 1921. i

band with which CHARLES R. WHEELER. 8

